Kenyan LCC Jambojet secures int'l Air Services Licence

JamboJet Dash 8 Q400


Kenya's Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has granted Jambojet (JM, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) an international Air Services Licence (ASL) following an application lodged earlier this year.

A Kenyan government gazette issued on Friday, May 26, indicates the Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) budget carrier is eligible to operate scheduled international air services out of Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta to/from each of Entebbe/Kampala (Uganda), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Dar-es-Salaam, Zanzibar, Kilimanjaro, and Mwanza (Tanzania), Kigali (Rwanda), Juba (South Sudan), Bujumbura (Burundi), Hargeisa and Mogadishu (Somalia), Goma and Kisangani (Democratic Republic of Congo), Moroni Int'l (Comoros), and Lilongwe and Blantyre (Malawi), subject to designation by the Kenyan Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing & Urban Development. The ASL, which is valid for one year from May 4, 2017 onwards, is restricted to the use of B737, DHC-8, and ATR72 equipment.

Jambojet's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Willem Hondius told Kenya's Standard that despite the allocation, no date for the launch of international operations has yet been set. Hondius added that once the ball does start to roll insofar as their launch is concerned, the flights will complement, rather than compete with, Kenya Airways' operations.

“We will not be in competition with KQ,” he said. "All flight routes and schedules will be agreed upon after consultations.”

Speculation is that Jambojet will be deployed on flights to Rwanda and Ethiopia where rivals RwandAir (WB, Kigali) and Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa) are able to undercut Kenya Airways owing to their lower cost bases.

In the past, Hondius has also pointed to the addition of relatively new aircraft to Jambojet's fleet ahead of the launch of international flights. In October 2014, the Dutchman was quoted as saying studies had focussed on using the B737-700 to replace Jambojet's ageing fleet of B737-300s, leased from Kenya Airways.

Source: https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/56302-kenyan-lcc-jambojet-secures-intl-air-services-licence

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